Heart swap!

Hello, as some of you may know, March has been a difficult month for me; my Nana passed away and then I came down with a nasty virus after. But now it is April, I am finally feeling better and I fully intend to make up for lost time! The one aspect I have struggled with the most is the lack of enthusiasm I have had for anything, I don't think I have ever felt so deflated before, but I am starting to gain a bit more enthusiasm as time ticks on - enough for me to write another blog post.

I joined in with the Popular Craft heart swap in February, this is the first swap I have participated in and I was looking forward to it. I was paired up with Lisa Stevens of Seaurchin. Lisa makes ceramics and sculptural jewellery and her creations are simply beautiful. I was very excited about this as it is a craft I am unfamiliar with and I also have previously had little interest in owning anything ceramic. The craft swap idea is brilliant as it opens up peoples minds to different crafts and different styles too.

I was very pleased with my little parcel when it arrived, I am in love with my beautiful ceramic heart. I have no idea how it was made but it is certainly very intriguing. The shade of pink is my favourite and is one of the colours I wish to use in my hallway so it was perfect for me and I cannot wait to put it up in my newly painted hallway when I get round to it!

I regret to say that I cannot put a photo up of the return gift, I recently dropped my phone down the toilet and it had the photo of it plus the WiP pictures and I cannot upload them!

I made Lisa a crocheted stuffed heart wall decoration, I was quite pleased with it as I had never crocheted a stuffed heart before. Hopefully if Lisa posts it somewhere I can link to it!

*Lisa has kindly let me pinch her photo of the stuffed heart from here, I had forgotten that I used some of my home grown lavender plus rice to fill the first two hearts, Lisa's description reminded me!

Here is my pretty ceramic heart plus a card of ribbon that Lisa kindly sent with it. There was a purple button too but Isobel claimed it and made something with it!